Becky's Wedding

A few weeks ago we went to Utah to go to Becky's wedding and hang out with some family. Everything was perfect. Becky looked amazing and the wedding was beautiful! And as a bonus Brayden was able to schedule his exam in Utah that weekend! It was so much fun to be back in Utah and see so many familiar faces. I haven't seen my college roommates since we left for Charleston, so it was so fun catching up with all of my best friends and finally meeting Des' little baby Cal. He is seriously adorable!! I am so glad she brought him with her this weekend.

We loved being able to go to some of our favorite Utah food stops. Of course Cafe Rio, In-N-Out, and Cubby's were at the top of our list. We spent most of the weekend spending time with my parents, brother and sister and their families. We really love being able to go back to Utah and be with family and friends.

2018 Newport Vacation!

Wow. I am seriously so behind... This Newport vacation seemed like forever ago... Like always this vacation was absolutely perfect. It was so much fun being able to spend time with family, even though we were missing some very important people. Brayden could not go because of school..of course. Logan left for his mission just a few weeks before this...but on the bright side he only has one more family vacation to miss until he is back! And Tanner and Rylee weren't able to stay the whole time.. because they had to move to Alaska to get ready for their sweet little baby to come and for Tanner to start his new job! 

I always love this vacation. We have our traditions we do every year like Grammy and Pa take all the kids to the balboa candy store and they go wild, an adult night out to dinner, balboa bars, treasure hunt for the kiddos, shopping, bbqs, nightly games once the kids go to bed, etc. It is the best time being surrounded by our family. This vacation is always one of the highlights of the year! It consisted of a lot of pool time, beach time, morning beach runs, the zoo, candy, homemade ice cream, lots and lots of play-doh, food, tattoos, acai bowls, and so much more! I am so thankful for my parents and the time and preparation that the take in order to get our family all together every year. The only thing that could make next year's vacation even better is having Brayden be able to come!! One can only hope... 

Brayden's White Coat Ceremony

This past Father's Day weekend Brayden had his white coat ceremony. The white coat ceremony usually happens before you start working in the clinic on real patients. So for MUSC that is at the start of his third year of school. I seriously cannot even believe we are already half way done! It was so great to have Brayden's parent in town for this special weekend, they even drove Brayden's car out to South Carolina for us I might add!! My brother was graduating(yay!) from dental school in San Francisco the same weekend, so my parents were not able to come. Seriously what are the odds it fell on the same exact weekend. But it was such a great weekend celebrating Brayden with his parents! 

After the ceremony we were able to go to dinner at Wild Olive with Brayden's parents. It was sooo good and so much fun! The rest of the weekend was spent exploring Charleston with his parents! We went on a carriage tour, walked around the market, went on a little hike, and ate some yummy food! We loved having them come and visit us! They were so sweet to take the long trek to South Carolina in Brayden's car from college so that we could have a second car here! It has been so nice to not have to worry about sharing a car now that Brayden's school and volunteer hours vary so much now! We are so lucky to have such wonderful love and support from our family. I am so proud of my future dentist and all of his hard work!!